Jimmy Lodge had the lone goal for Saginaw (4-7-2). Jake Paterson started between the pipes for the Spirit but gave up four goals on 15 shots. Nikita Serebryakov stopped 16-of-19 shots in relief.

Erie scored three times in both the first and second periods, including two power-play goals and two short-handed scores, on the way to the franchise's largest margin of victory since a 10-3 win in Kingston Feb. 13, 2011.

The Otters also scored their most goals in a game since an 8-7 shootout loss to the Spirit on March 2.

Special teams sparked the Otters to a 3-0 first-period lead, as they sandwiched two short-handed goals around a power-play goal in a span of seven minutes and never looked back.